Embossing and printing machine.



PATENTED NOV. 28, 1905.

UNITED j sTATEs PAUL vicToR AVRIL, or

PATENT OFFICE.

PARIS, FRANCE, ASSIGNOR TO MARINIER,

NAVOIT AND JEANSON, OF PARIS,FRANCE, A` COPARTNERSHIP. i EMBOSSING AND PRINTING MACHINE. l

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 28, 1905.

Application filed February 27. 1904. Serial No. 195 559.

To all wir/oml it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL VICTOR AVRIL, a citizen of the Republic of France, residing at Paris, France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Embossing and Printing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates generally to embossing and printing machines, and more particularly to the class in which the application of one or more colors and the embossing operation are eiiected simultaneously. Such a machineof the rotary type employing an embossing-cylinder is described in United States Patent No. 690,822, granted to me January 7 1902, and, while not limited to a particular class of work, it is designed to operate in -producing a continuous impression upon a web of material, such as paper, cloth, sheet metal, or the like.

The machine embodying my present invention, differing from that of my prior patent, is of the reciprocating type employing a flat embossing-plate and is specially adapted for small workthat is to say, sheetwork of various kinds. In this machine the embossing and printing are effected in a single operation, such embossing, being produced either in intaglio or relief and the printing in one or more colors, either solid or in tints, single or superposed, upon either or both the embossed or plain portions of the sheets.

In the accompanying drawing I have illustrated by a view in section a machine such as may be employed to carry my invention into effect. I wish it understood,however, that l do not limit myselic to the particular mechanism shown, as it will be obvious that many other mechanisms may be employed operating in substantiaiiy the same manner to produce the same results.

Referring to the drawing, 1 represents one of a pair of side frames, and 2 2, &c., transverse frame-sections extending between and uniting such side frames as a support for the mechanism proper.

A reciprocating carriage 3, mounted between the side frames on roller-bearings 4,

. carries a fiat type-bed 5, on which rests the form-z'. e., an engraved embossing and printing plated Motion from driving-shaft 7 is imparted to the carriage through any suitable gearing-such, for example, as that shown which comprises a pinion 8 on the drivingshaft, a gear 9 meshing with `the pinion and connected through a rod 10 to' transmit abackand-forth motion to a gear l1, working between upper and lower racks 12 13. The lower rack is ixed to the frame and the upper one to the carriage, the arrangement being such that continuous rotation of the drivingshaft will produce a reciprocating movement of the type-bed carriage.

The embossing and printing plate is preferably of steel, though it may be formed of other material, if desired. The design, picture, or other matter to be printed is-cut or engraved upon the upper face of the plate to produce either intaglio or relief eiects-that is to say. if, for example, a design is to be printed in relief or embossed the figure would be engraved or cut into the plate, whereas if, on the other hand, intaglio effects are desired the plate would contain the design in relief. Cooperating with this plate there is animpression-cylinder 14, on the surface of which the design, picture, or other matter is formed either in intaglio or relief. When. for example, an intaglio-plate is employed, the figures on the cylinder would be in relief, and vice versa. An exact counterpart of the design is produced on the surface of this cylinder in the following manner: Ordinarily paper or other material is wound upon the cylinder for a suitable depth, and after being moistened the press is operated to cause the plate to be carried back and forth in contact with the cylinder until the design is impressed inthe soft paper surface thereof. Upon the evaporation of the moisture the design becomes seto permanent.

The impression-cylinder may be geared to have a continuous rotation in one direction, or it may be so mounted as to reverse in accordance with the reciprocations of the plate.

Extending from a platform 15, providing support for the sheets to be printed, there is an inclined feed-table'l, leading downward to the impression-cylinder and preferably arranged tangentially to the same. In the operation of the press the sheets are transferred one by one by hand from the pile to the feedtable, where they are properly adjusted relatively to the impression-cylinder in the usual manner and are subsequently caught by the gripper-s or other devices thereof (not shown) and carried around vto receive an impression from the plate as the latter moves toward the right.

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rThe delivery of the sheet may be effected in wny well-known manner by mechanism usually employed for this purpose, and l do not, therefore, deem it necessary to illustrate nor describe the same. i

It will be observed that the mechanism thus far described will operate to produce an uncolored impression in any desired position uponasheet, either in intaglio or relief, ot' any design, picture, or other matter contained on the plate.

ln order now to color either or both the embossed or plain portion ot' the sheet, I may employ one or a number et' inlring groups 17u 17", ctc., and arrange the same to deposit on either or both the plate or sheet which is to receive the impression, As shown, have provided for the transfer ot' three colors to the plate and the samel number to a cylinder 18; but it will be understood that l do not wish to limit myseltl tothis exact arrangement, as it may be desirable in some instances to increase or decrease the number of colors, deposit the same only on the plate, or make other changes necessary to produce desired etects. T he particular arrangement and number of rollers in cach color series or group is unimportant and maybe varied at will, it be ing essential only to provide for a proper distribution and delivery of color from each fountain to a roll, such. as 19. These rollers 19 are preferably formed or taced with rubber, the surface of which is cut away to asuitable depth, leaving` only certain parts or figures oil the design or the like `which is to be produced. Taking now the three color grou ps 17 17') 17C, or those depositing on the plate, it is desirable from a practicable standpoint to collect these colors on a single roll, such that they may be more conveniently trans- :terred to thc plate, and this is brought about through the employment ci' auxiliary collecu tors, such as the rolls Q1 Qi., sc., which are interposed between tls: i collector 20. .'lhe colo ing groups 17 17 17 from the rolls 19 the deposited dircctl y ur he three. reinas iii ttranslerred v ecei're the three as 20, in order s cctor 13 and by it lei'iccsof the l zas-ses in contact colors of groups 17d 17e i7 representing certain portions of the des to be produced, and, it' desired, also val` tous mixtures or combinations of these colors. After receiving color at this point the sheet on continued rotation of the cylinder receives an impression from the plate on which the colors of groups 17 17 b 17c have been deposited and at the same time is embossed by the registering surfaces of the plate and the cylinder to give the impression an intaglio or relief edect, as above described, which completes the operation, and thereafter the sheet is delivered ll have represented the fountain-rolls of the various color groups as connected and driven by a belt or chain '22, also the distributingrolls of the plate groups 17a 17b 17c and the cylinder groups 17d 17c 17f connected by similar belts or chains 23 24; but it will be understood that other forms of gearing may be employed, if desired; also, that the collectors, auxiliary collectors, te., may be geared in any suitable manner to insure proper coaction.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. An embossing and printing machine comprising in its construction, a reciprocating embossing member, a rotary counterpart coperating therewith, means for delivering a series ot' colors, and a collector for receiving and transferring such colors to the embossing member.

2. An embossing and printing machine comprising in its construction, a reciprocating' embossing member, a rotary counterpart coperating therewith, means for delivering a series of colors, a collector-roll for receiving and transferring certain of 'such colors directly to a sheet.,- and a second collector for receiving and transferring the remaining colors to the embossing member.

3. An embossing and printing machine comprisingin its construction, a reciprocating embossing member, said embossing member bein the form of a l'lat plate, a rotary counterpart cooperating therewith, means for delivering a series ot' colors, a collector for receiving' and transferring such colors to said plate, and means interposed between the colordelivery means and the collector for forming and arranging the colors in accordance with the matter tolbe printed.

in testimony whereof l aiiix my signature in the presence ot' two witnesses.

PAUL VICTB, Ali/lilla ldlitnesses:

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